R.J.'s Talkback Plebe Radio ([info]luciusmalfoy) wrote,
@ 2009-07-10 16:23:00
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I am delightful.
Apparently they aren't putting small press books in Borders. SO WE HEAR. Local New Zealand publishers are getting stiffed! This must be rectified. Tomorrow (as it looks like I won't be doing any community work this weekend) I shall be out annoying retail staff. Well. Once I find out for sure this is the case.

Also.

Apparently it's not just Andy and Me who think this bloke has joined a cult. Have been talking to others who've been watching this and been like... HMMM. :/ It's one of those evangelical ones and I looked them up and they have seminars and camps on things like HOW TO LIVE DURING THE END TIMES and other stuff that scares the shite out of me. It's freaky as fuck. How precisely do you uhhhhh approach this kind of situation? Another friend of mine was in a cult from birth and only just got out, and I never even knew he was religious at any part of our friendship, he hid the cult so well. It's so fucked, I don't know what to do.

The dude hasn't written back to Andy's nervy little enquiry so we're waiting but... omgomg, this is so fucked up, I can't stop thinking about it.

In better news I am going to Dr Sketchy tomorrow, I swear. But I just got an email and apparently our little charity stall is ON, so I'm going to have to go all WAHHH ANIMAL RIGHTS until 1:30, run home, and then come back in to be all HMMM DRAWING BURLESQUE MODELS until 7.



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[info]gypsiewtch
2009-07-10 05:32 am UTC (link)
Unfortunately all you can do sometimes is be "those people" who don't disappear and can always be reached out to. Keep in continuous contact (I'd say an email/call a week, just saying hi, how are you, we're good, what's new, etc) so that when/if he breaks away he has friends.

One of the scariest aspects of a cult is the isolation, and the fear that no one will take you back when you leave.

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[info]luciusmalfoy
2009-07-10 05:37 am UTC (link)
Okay, thanks for that. Hopefully Andy can maintain their friendship well. It's just so... creepy.

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[info]gypsiewtch
2009-07-10 06:11 am UTC (link)
He may have to really work at it, or continue trying to contact the guy when there's no response. Even if it seems hopeless or dumb, you never know when you're the only lifeline someone has. =/

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[info]luciusmalfoy
2009-07-10 06:26 am UTC (link)
Waiii. :/ Have you dealt with this before?

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[info]gypsiewtch
2009-07-10 07:30 am UTC (link)
Public sector social work sees a little bit of EVERYTHING, but not yet. I've had training, though, just in case! Whee!

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[info]vayshti
2009-07-10 09:39 am UTC (link)
Um, did I read this right from the previous entry - he's in China?

He's in a culty-thing... in China?

The PTB really dislike cults - I don't know if that might be a help, or just make things even more scary.

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[info]luciusmalfoy
2009-07-10 10:08 am UTC (link)
No, he's not... Andy's BFF lives in China but didn't come to our wedding, so this guy stood in at the last moment and was great at it.

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[info]vayshti
2009-07-10 12:35 pm UTC (link)
Ah. Ignore me then. I've not known anyone to get caught up in culty stuff, so I've got nothing to offer.

Had one friend tell me he thought I was the type to get caught in a cult though.

REALLY not happy at that.

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[info]sinewandbones
2009-07-10 11:18 am UTC (link)
What kind of cult is it? I frequented one as a kid who recruited kids but my knowledge of religion slightly irked them and they disbanded after I left. Yes my zealotry freaked out cultists.

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